www/kids what-is-an-operating-system.html

[Joakim Olsson]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Joakim Olsson <jocke>   07/05/07 22:40:57

Modified files:
        kids           : what-is-an-operating-system.html 

Log message:
        Removed some stuff as requested by mattl.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/kids/what-is-an-operating-system.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7

Patches:
Index: what-is-an-operating-system.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/kids/what-is-an-operating-system.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -b -r1.6 -r1.7
--- what-is-an-operating-system.html    7 May 2007 22:28:56 -0000       1.6
+++ what-is-an-operating-system.html    7 May 2007 22:40:53 -0000       1.7
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@
 <h2>What is an operating system?</h2>
 <p>
 Think about a computer. What do you see? You maybe see a monitor, a mouse, a 
-keyboard and the computer case. All these things are physical. You can touch 
-them with your hand. That means that they are material and can be owned. If 
-someone steal these things, that person is a thief that violates the rights of 
-the person that owns it. All these things are called hardware. Other hardware 
-components of a computer is the processor (the brain of the computer), 
different
- kind of chips and the motherboard for example. You will not be able to do 
many 
-things only using the hardware. You need software. You need an operating 
system 
-with different programs that you can use.
+keyboard and a computer case. All these things are physical. You can touch 
them 
+with your hand. That means that they are material. All these things are called 
+hardware. Other hardware components of a computer is the processor (the brain 
of
+ the computer), different kind of chips and the motherboard for example. You 
+will not be able to do many things only using the hardware. You need software. 
+You need an operating system with different programs that you can use.
 </p>
 <img src="/graphics/hardware.png" alt="hardware" />
 <br />
@@ -29,21 +27,17 @@
 you need to have an operating system which contains a program that can dowload 
 files from the Internet. Software, programs and operating systems are not 
 physical. They are just data. They are codes. You could compare it to feelings,
-musical compositions or literary works. Of course, if you have a book and 
-someone steals it, that is wrong but the text itself (not the ink in the book, 
-the story or information itself) has no material value and can therefore 
-normally not be stealed. It can be copied though.
+musical compositions or literary works.
 </p>
 <p>
 There are many different operating systems. You have maybe heard about 
Windows, 
-DOS or Mac OS. These are all proprietary (non-free) operating systems. The 
-authors of them thinks that information can be owned. You are not allowed to 
-use, change, share or study them freely. You do not have the freedom you 
deserve
- when you are using them. There are free operating systems though. One of them 
-is the GNU operating system. You may use GNU for whatever purpose you want to. 
-You may change it, share it with others (including changed versions) and study 
-how it works. These are all basic freedoms that every computer user in the 
world
- should have.
+DOS or Mac OS. These are all proprietary (non-free) operating systems. You are 
+not allowed to use, change, share or study them freely. You do not have the 
+freedom you deserve when you are using them. There are free operating systems 
+though. One of them is the GNU operating system. You may use GNU for whatever 
+purpose you want to. You may change it, share it with others (including 
changed 
+versions) and study how it works. These are all basic freedoms that every 
+computer user in the world should have.
 </p>
 </div>
 
@@ -78,7 +72,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/05/07 22:28:56 $
+$Date: 2007/05/07 22:40:53 $
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 </p>
 </div>